3 Tips For A HUGE Shrimp Colony

[@BigShrimpin416]

That pond is gorgeous! The plants look amazing! And nice green walls of algae!

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Thank you 👍

[@BigShrimpin416]

@@MarkShellyAquatics you’re very welcome! Do you use RODI water? Or tap?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

@@BigShrimpin416 just my tap. High kh makes it very stable. Indiana limestone ground water

[@arcticwinds6125]

Great information, I use powder food now, but moving 100% to powder as soon as my pellets run out.

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

I still use algae wafer to gather them up for culling and of course videos lol. But any other time they just get the powdered food.

[@Shleeeemp]

What’s your take on live food? I feed tiny bloodworms and the shrimpies seem to love it.

[@TangyPotato123]

Can you share the recipe for you powder food? And if you already did in another video can you please give me the link? Thank you and your tanks and shrimp look amazing

[@jamesholbrook7785]

Becoming addicted to your videos

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Thanks for watching man 👋😁👍

[@lacrosseguy108]

i have shrimp in my tank with a few guppies and a rescue cory and otto, this is my 2nd time keeping shrimp. the first time i kept them in my one tank with some black skirt tetras and i noticed 1 at a time they were being eaten. i was worried about other fish eating them so i set up my shrimp tank. after 2 months i was a little worried theyd die off and not have any baby shrimp. now i have like hundreds its so cool!

[@robertcarlosllenarizas7987]

Like Cardinal tetras Neons Tetras or Ember tetras. Due to Mosquito wrigglers due to mosquitoes laying eggs at the above the Aquarium tank

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

If a baby shrimp cam fit in its mouthj,.it will eat shrimp

[@farhanishraq1529]

You're absolutely correct about baby shrimp being the food. My yellow shrimp gave birth and only 2 survived to become big and noticeable.Oh and I have a pair of guppies and a pair of saimese algae eaters in the tank which will be removed...soon 😀

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Lol yep, shrimp getting ate definitely slows down colony growth. I used to think I had lots of shrimp when I kept them with endlers and guppies, then I took out the endlers and guppies and BOOM, loads of shrimp.

[@amym.4823]

Wow! So even the tiny fish gobble up your baby shrimp? Thanks for the tip. I was going to leave my Endlers in the tank my new shrimp are destined for, but now I think I will move the fish out before the shrimp arrive.

[@jenniferbunker2757]

Thank you 😊 How long is a female good for breeding?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

They will start at 3 or 4 months and breed until they die which is usually 18 to 24 months

[@canislupus2661]

great video, thank you! how long does it take to go from 20 shrimp to 3000 with your method? how many shrimp would you need to produce 1000 to sell each month? greetings from europe

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Each tank is different, its not set in stone. I usually reset 20 gallon tanks every 6 months or so and start with around 20 to 30 shrimp. Sometimes I'll pull out 300, sometimes close to 1000, usually around 500.

[@canislupus2661]

@@MarkShellyAquatics thank you for your answer! do you just fish out the shrimp or give the tank a thorough cleaning for each reset?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

@@canislupus2661 i give it a good cleaning

[@canislupus2661]

@@MarkShellyAquatics perfect, thank you! set up 3 tanks for now. let's see how it goes. i like the challenge 😄

[@thomaslytje8656]

I'm sure it's a stupid question. But why does the tank has to be that deep? It doesn't seem like they are swimming high anyway. They are pretty much just at the bottom. Low plants exists.

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Water volume. More water is easier to keep stable.

[@JCampbell91x]

What about the water quality by putting in all that powder?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Thats the catch, feeding a lot, lots of light, all while maintaining water quality. 25% or a little more on alll my tanks weekly.

[@dodgedavidson197]

Shrimp pro dude great job

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

😊👍

[@auntonera1xtattoo]

I’d love a bag !!

[@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth]

Hi, do you have scuds in the tank? Are they dangerous to shrimp?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

No scuds, you definitely do not want them in your shrimp tank.

[@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth]

@@MarkShellyAquatics Thanks, I've got some and trying to get rid of them is next to impossible.

[@jasonstouder]

thank you for this awesome video. will mystery snails eat baby shrimp?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Thanks for watching. Now I've never had a mystery snail with my shrimp personally, but have seen lots of folks that keep them together, and there are not any issues.

[@davidhafner3855]

Fantastic!

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

👍

[@ichokimsh]

Thanks for the informative videos Mark! Mark, I have a question according to the algae on the wall... in my 60L tank my algae color are BROWN unlike your tanks (green algae)... is there are any tips to make a green algae? Because I heard that brown algae in shrimp tank is actually a bad?...

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Too many factors based on whats in your water to know what kind of algae, and to be honest I don't really know lol. Brown diatom algae on glass isn't bad though, I have a couple tanks right now that have some brown diatom algae on glass and shrimp love to graze on it.

[@ichokimsh]

@@MarkShellyAquatics ohh okay... now i'm regret that i removed the brown algaes 2 days ago and had a 30% water change... and today i see lots of baby shrimps in my tank... i'm worrying if the shrimplets will survive well... thank you mark!

[@peadrianlastname]

Anyone looking for fish to keep with shrimp, im 99% sure no kuhli loaches has ever eaten one of my baby shrimps, I've even seen adults ride the kuhlis around the tank and they don't seem to mind

[@robertcarlosllenarizas7987]

How much per unit package and how much it will cost in sending it in ASIA MANILA PHILIPINES... please respond on this post. Thank you very much. 😊

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

I can only ship within the US.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

little late to the party but great video mate.

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Thanks bud 👍

[@robertcarlosllenarizas7987]

Even tetras which are shrimp friendly? 😮

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Tetras will definitely eat shrimp

[@markfranklin8831]

your tanks are awesome thanks for sharing 💯✌️👍

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Thank you 😊

[@thebash3152]

my shrimps live with river clams and hornwort snails

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

😎✌️

[@Mr.Helper.]

5:00 so many otos …. Are you breeding them too ?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Those are baby bristlenose plecos. They beeed even when I dont want them to lol

[@robertcarlosllenarizas7987]

I hope sir you can give me guide and help tutorial how to have more shrimps neo cardinas or fire red shrimps the tiwan bee shrimp is costlier here around 3 usd and fifty cents roughly around php 350.00 per piece TAIWAN BEE SHRIMP..

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

👍

[@thebash3152]

i feed twice a day change water once a week , they do breeding and growing fast

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

✌️😎👍

[@fadillah6014]

I have few questions about fish and tank requirement, what kind fish you recommend for shrimp other than bottom dwellers fish like pleco? I had some shrimp only tank long ago and had issues with mosquito larvae so right try put some rasbora galaxy since they smallest and most shy fish I can find it perfect to keep mosquito away is that good choices?. Secondly what your tank requirement for shrimp, are you setting it like aquascape with fertilizer and bacteria home substrate layer or just simple one layer sand? My last experience with shrimp they more success with aquascape tank with crushed lava rock substrate compared simple one with fine river sand and breeding well but they somehow dies simultaneously for unknown reason. Lastly are oxygen aerator is necessary? Or should I just leave it to plant for it.

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Ideally for the shrimp, it would be 100% shrimp, my new caridina tank that I have lots of money invested in is only 100% shrimp nothing else. I have lots of snails, so I welcome the snails, with so many snails I never see issues with planaria and hydra. Also to keep the unwanted critters out of shrimp only tanks be very very strict with what you put into your tank. Thats how you're gonna get those nasties 99% of the time.

[@fadillah6014]

@@MarkShellyAquatics so there no other choice other than pick the larvae one by one with net correct?

[@123bobmike]

SHRIMP RAVE

[@jozsefgeiszt8597]

What kind of light do you suggest for a 10 gallon tank?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

If you are on a budget an 18 inch aquaneat works. On a 10 you should be looking for LED lights that are around 15 to 20 watts, the stronger the light the less amount of time you want to leave your light on per day. I haven't had a 10 gallon tank in a long long time so can't really tell you from experience with the lights of today. My last 10 was a high tech desk top with co2, daily ferts, and like 2 of the old curly cue bulbs that would say 100w equivalent lol. Grew dwarf chainsword and dwarf hair grass carpets in that tank, it was a tank I really enjoyed. Probably close to 20 years ago now lol.

[@kristiannolasco8451]

You use fluorite black for your substrate right?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

It is black diamond blasting sand

[@kristiannolasco8451]

@@MarkShellyAquatics oh ok it looks about the same as mine thank you

[@mr_ant_0]

I wish there was a painted fire red version of blue jelly

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

You can always try and breed shrimp to how you like them.

[@andrevieira8352]

Sorry to ask this, but is it dangerous to also have corydoras in the tank?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

I would imagine it would depend on what type of cory to some extent. I wouldn't think corys would be horrible, but I'm sure corys would eat some shrimp. I have never kept shrimp with corys so cant say for sure.

[@robertjester6887]

How many shrimp do you have in your tank? Do you have an idea?

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Depends, some big tanks might have 3k+, new tanks might only have 20 or 30.

[@robertcarlosllenarizas7987]

I hope you can reply my inquiries like this i posted on your post sir. 😊

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

I did!

[@valleyfish]

It’s awesome Food!

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Thanks Jeff 😊👍